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telephone
('t/E/l/@/,f/oU/n )

noun (n)

  • electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    I talked to him on the telephone.
    Synonym:
    phone, telephone set
    source: wordnet30
  • transmitting speech at a distance(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    telephony
    source: wordnet30
  • An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    call, call up, phone, ring
    source: wordnet30
  • To convey or announce by telephone.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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